Comment on NSW Police considering using ‘extraordinary’ powers at Sydney pro-Palestinian rally this weekend
abhibeckert@beehaw.org 11 months agoDespite a very successful and peaceful rally, the media has reported on a tiny fringe (we estimate less than 20 people) of vile antisemitic attendees who showed up to the opera house for an event unrelated to the demonstration we organised.
Sorry, but the fact there were “vile antisemitic attendees” means it was not a “successful and peaceful” rally.
It’s not enough to tell those people they are not welcome at the rally. They have to be kept out of the rally… the organisers don’t need to do that, but they do need to help police make it happen.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 11 months ago
It was indeed a peaceful rally, In fact, so peaceful that when a small minority resorted to hate speech their fellow protesters and the protest organisers were able to dissuade them of their behaviour peacefully. No violence, no cops.
Do you often refer to people you oppose politically as ‘these people’ or are you so far down the racist rabbit hole you can’t recognise you’re own hypocrisy?
abhibeckert@beehaw.org 11 months ago
I don’t oppose them politically, I oppose them because they are vile and antisemitic. And it has nothing to do with race. There are plenty of people of my own race (german, by the way) who are even worse.